Line up stands at:Muscle Pitts - Richard GoodwinSF260 Marchetti - Paul FreelandSV4 Stampe biplane x4 formation display teamNorth American NA-64 Yale - Andy Goodall Classic Jets Radio Controlled Models Plus..............Jump4Heroes Parachute Display Team70+ General Aircraft Fly Into the event.The Yale is a very good addition rare display I never seen it display and dont think it has displayed for a long time. Now old warden or abingdon? shuttleworth are going to have a special line up to convince me it worth the higher price and longer drive.

Thanks for posting about our show at Abingdon - a long way to go yet naturally but you beat me to it posting up the first few items. All will be static too. RAF 47Sqn who supported us this year with a static C130 are hoping to support us again (this will be confirmed much closer to the event date if it happens again), and limited military bids have been submitted.

Due to the fact its increasingly getting more expensive to run a full show, the regulations and so forth, we can sustain a full show in 2019 but after that depending on how we do justifys what I decide but, I can assure you if 2019 is the last full blown show, from 2020 the show will carry on but in a different aviation direction - more so as a mass Fly In ie: arrivals & departures aswell as booked flypasts and anything else transiting so potentially I actually may gain out of it... but hey, that's my initial thoughts for the shows survival, which is the number one priority for me, and not let it slip away into the murky depths on forgotteness

I hope to put together a small booklet covering some highlights from the previous 19 events (being as we are achieveing show 20 next year) which will be available to purchase on showday.

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cg_341 wrote:Abingdon is the same date every year, are you sure Shuttleworth doesn't clash with Abingdon?

Shuttleworth have had a Spring Airshow for a very, very long time now. But whichever way it is, it's annoying when so many weekends are free on the airshow year and so many clash. It's not just Abingdon and Shuttleworth.

Added is the Historic Army Aircraft Flight 4 ship of Beaver / Sioux/ Scout and Auster, and two RAF displays (non-jet) have been allocated and will be know publicly soon (once paperwork has been seen/signed!).It is hoped also for a RAF 'Heavy type' for a flypast - ongoing.

Static aircraft: The Fly In is building up with a smattering of GA types, amongst others are the Westland Wasp, Sud Allouette II & TBC the return of an RAF Lockheed Martin C.130 Hercules.

Nightshoot Saturday 4th May: Yak 50, Auster, Grob 109 'Aerosparx' which will be lit up, Wasp, Beech 18 and weather permitting a few Hot Air Ballooons so far - more details via the website http://www.abingdonairandcountry.co.uk, or the show facebook page (type in Abingdonairandcountry).

Aircraft update: The 'Fly In' aircraft section are producing some nice aircraft for you to see, the already announced Westland Wasp and Sud Allouette II helicopters are to be joined by a Boeing Stearman, Spitfire Mk26b, 2x Yak 52s, Chipmunk x2, Bulldog, Hawker Hurricane Mk1, Gazelle, Vans RV-4, Renegade Sprit 912 Biplane, Beagle Terrier x2, CJ6 Nangchang, Auster x2 to name some of the 60 types expected. The Royal Air Force have confirmed the RAF C130J Hercules for static too but unfortunetly again the planned Westland Puma cancelled out.Don't forget just about all the Flying Display items will be on static display too.Flying Display wise, two remaining items to announce are from the Royal Air Force and pleased they are supporting us with a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire for flypasts, and in its final year of service the debut of the solo Tucano from No. 72 Squadron, based at RAF Linton on Ouse.We are still not ruling out a flypast or two from a 'heavy transport / tanker aircraft from nearby RAF Brize Norton.

People often ask as to why Military participation is thin on the ground these days and the simple answer is: A: there isn't the assets (aircraft) around these days to support shows, B: what assets the Military do have to display has to be shared around other shows around the UK through the airshow season. C: To gain some Army vehicles from the Barracks, we have to follow a process and pay for them!D: Also, privately owned ex military types especially are very expensive.

It is increasingly difficult also to attract modern military aircraft mainly due to operational reasons, unlike 10 years ago when it was alittle easier and more types were around and its generally much harder to organise a full blown show with an air display in todays climate with a raft of safety implications to follow (in our case once again both Honeybottom Lane & Blackhorse Lane will be closed on the day).Please do come along to the show this year as from 2020 there will be changes within the show format to keep it affordable to run

Please do come along to the show this year as from 2020 there will be changes within the show format to keep it affordable to run[/quote][/quote]Would that be a 'Rebranding Exercise'? Hereafter to become "Abingdon Country show 2020...with a badass fly-in"

Stagger2 wrote:Please do come along to the show this year as from 2020 there will be changes within the show format to keep it affordable to run

[/quote]Would that be a 'Rebranding Exercise'? Hereafter to become "Abingdon Country show 2020...with a badass fly-in" [/quote]

.....Who knows,but if that's what it takes to keep the event viable enough to continue then so be itAt least they're being proactive and forward thinking enough to try and keep it going instead of just throwing in the towel and giving up